Bedclothes-clamp.



R. S. ORMSBY.

BEDULOTHES CLAMP.

APPL'IOATIQN FILED JULY 11. 190B.

Patented June 22, 1909.

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' Allorna ROBERT S. ORMSBY, OF WEST SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BEDCLOTHES-CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Application filed July 11, 1908. Serial No. 443,028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. ORMSBY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of West Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBedclothes-Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding the bed clothes in positionat the foot or sides of a bed, and has for its object the provision ofan improved construction of clamp by which the greater the pull on theclothes the more securely are they held in position. This I accomplishby forming the clamp of a single piece of wire bent in its middle andexpanded on parallel lines to form a slot for the reception of theclothes, and then bending the two ends outwardly on curved lines andthen toward each other and forming the ends with loops to which issecured a chain with divided ends, the chain being secured in anysuitable manner to the foot-board or side rails of the bed or to one ofthe bed posts.

The construction and combination and operation of my improved clamp willbe described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a view of a bed showing my improved clampin position, and Fig. 2, a view of one of the clamps on an enlargedscale.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate correspondingparts in both views.

A indicates a bed of the modern metal type, having the foot-board B andside rail C, and D the bed-clothes thereon.

My improved clamp may be used to secure the clothes to either the footboard B or the side rail 0, or both, as desired, and consists of theclamping member 1 and the flexible securing member 2.

Clamping member 1 is formed of a single length of wire, bent in itsmiddle, as shown at 3, and extended on substantially parallel lines 4for an appreciable distance, forming a slot 4", to engage thebed-clothes D. The two ends of the wire are then bent away from eachother and back again on curved lines, as shown at 5, and have theirextreme ends formed into loops 6, opposite one another,

and spaced apart. The portions 5 are on the same plane as the twolengths 4, so that the clamp lies flat on the bed-clothes when inposition.

The flexible securing member 2 is shown made of a chain, but a piece ofrope may be substituted, if desired. A hook 7 is secured to the outerend of the chain, while the other end is formed with two strands ofequal length, each of which is secured to the loops 6.

It will be seen by an inspection of the drawings that the flexiblemember 2 with the two forked ends of equal length secured to loops 6form a Y-shaped structure, the base of which is the hook 7.

In securing the device in position the bedclothes are grasped with thefingers in the opening formed by the outwardly-curvcd portions 5, andthe clamp pulled so that the fullness is pulled into the slot 4*, whereit is held by the resilience of portions 5. The member 2 is then passedaround the side rail or one of the bars of the foot-board B or thecorner post of the bed, and the hook 7 secured in one of the links ofthe chain. The clothes will thus be clamped in position and it will bereadily understood that the more pull exerted on the clothes the moretightly the clamp will hold, as the tendency of the pull on the chain isto draw the two loops 6 toward each other and increase the grip on thefullness secured in the slot 4.

I have shown the clamp secured to a metal bed-frame, but it will beunderstood that it can be used with frames of wood by providing holdingdevices for the member 2, such as eye-loops, or other structure, thisconstruction being so obvious that an illustration thereof is deemedunnecessary.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim is 1. In a bcd-clothesclamp, a member having resilient clamping portions, and a Y- shapedflexible member having its forked ends secured to the clamping portionsaforesaid, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a bed-clothes clamp, a clamping member made of a single strand ofwire bent in its middle and extended on substantially parallel lines toform a slot to receive the bed clothes, and a flexible holding memberhaving one end formed of two strands, one each secured to the two endsof the wire, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a bed-clothes clamp, a clamping member made of a single strand ofwire bent in its middle and extended on substantially parallel lines toform a slot to receive the bedclothes, the ends of the wire then bentaway from one another and then toward one ani In Witness whereof, Ihaveherennto set my other on curved lines and formed With loops hand 1npresence of tWo subscriblng met 1'') at them ends, and a flexlble memberhaving nesses.

one end formed of two strands, one each se- ROBERT S. ORMSBY. cured tothe tWo loops aforesaid, and the other end of the flexible memberprovided lVitnesses:

With a hook, substantially as shown and de- MILTON H. CARLTON,

scribed. MARY A. CARLTON.

